The Sun. — London, England, 1838-11-24 00:00:00

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LONDON : SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 1838. The Morning Chronicle publishes another letter to-day, from Wiltshire, on the distress of the agricul tural population of the West of England, in which the writer insists strenuously on the two facts, that this population is in a most distressed state, and that the farmer is unjust in taking advantage of the help less condition of the labourer. The writer says— " The farmer feels he has the power all in his own hands. He offers his men is. or Bs. per week, though fully aware that under the old regime they would have re cieved 10s. 6d. The man being unable to better his con dition accepts it ; but, Mr. Editor, is the farmer just The truth is, that at present the Poor-law, in the agricul tural districts, benefits only the farmer, and this it does in two ways—first, by lessening the burdens on his farm ; and, second, by enabling him to procure the labour essential to its cultivation on cheaper terms." We repeat then to the farmers that they have com mitted a great mistake in making themselves the tax gatherers for the landlords, on the supposition that they will be allowed to keep a large share of the tax to themselves. On the one hand the landlords will take care to squeeze all the farmers care possibly spare in the shape of rent, and on the other hand, the public voice, ever ready to lift itself up in the cause of humanity, will compel them to forego some of their advantages over the labourer, and be somewhat generous. Or, if they persist in grinding down the face of the poor, it will be at the expense of such intense unpopularity that the name of farmer will become unhappily synoni mous with extortioner, and be hateful in the land. The Chronicle says, and we believe justly, in rela tion to this letter— ,. We suspect there is a good deal of exaggeration in the accounts of the profits of farmers. Such is the competition of that class for farms that their profits have long been ex ceedingly low. If wages were higher the farmer would not lose, but the landlord ; for the farmer must deduct hi, charge of cultivation as well as all other charges, in addi tion to the fair return on his capital, before he can deter mine on the rent to be paid the landlo,d." But the labourer and the world at large will not believe in the circumstance that farmers get only small profits, while the whole community is pinched in its food, by the Corn-laws, to give him, as is said, large profits ; and while his is really a poor, a suffering, and a decaying trade, the distress of the labourers will be ascribed to his avarice. His presumed wealth will excite envy, and probably provoke hostility in those wi:o believe that they are impoverished that lie may be enricbed. But 0. far more important consideration—perhaps the most important which has yet been started—in connection with the Corn-laws, grows out of an ob servation of our Contemporary:— '• Why is it," says the chronicle, " that the Irish land lords drive the peasantry to potatoes and water ? Because they are completely in their power. There are two to a bargain, as the adage has it ; but it appears that in Wilt shire there is only one—the farmer. What is to be done is to place the labourer in a condition to have a will as well as the farmer. There must be too many labourers—i. e., more labourers than can find employ m►tent--otherwise the farmer would not have it all his own way. If such be the case, it is absurd to talk of unions. Means should be taken by emigration or otherwise to dimi nish the number of labourers.' The number of labourers, then, is too great, ac cording to our Contemporary, and hence the landlords in Ireland, and the farmers in England, are enabled to degrade the population in both countries down to the lowest level of subsistence—the quantity of Lumpers which will keep them alive. But too great are com parative terms; and too great, therefore, we ask in relation to what ? Clearly to the quantity of food, for the quantity of employment depends on that. But the landlords, by their Corn-law, avowedly and designedly limit the quantity of food ; and thus their law places the population completely in their power. Their law makes the number of labourers too great, and enables the farmer to give what price he pleases for labour. But if such be its consequences, those who pretend to provide for th e public welfare, and who limit the supply of food, are also bound to limit the number of labourers. If they insist on regulating the corn market, they must also regulat e the labour market. If they restrict us to fifteen, or any other number of millions of quarters of wheat, they must also of necessity lay re strictions on the number of mouths to eat it. They must either prevent infants being born, or they must take measures to extinguish life. The natural, neces sary, and inevitable consequence , then, of continuing the Corn-laws is, that the Legislature must take on itself to regulate the number of people. Such an exte ns i on of its power, however, giving rise to all imagi na bl e interference with private life, is not likely to be toler ated, and we believe that it would shrink from this con sequence of its own enactments. But, if it would shrink, there are individuals, clever men, men of thought and capaci t y , men of vigorous, though one-sided talents, and masters of a strong ner vous style, men who claim the character ofphdosophers, who carry out the consequences of the Corn-laws to their just conclusion. A work has within these three days been laid on our table, entitled " On the possibility of limit ing populousness," which begins by taking it fo r granted, because the Devil's laws limit the supply o food, that there is an excess of population ; and which ends by proposing a great and organized scheme of infanticide, called the " theory of painless extinction,' such as never was practised, or thought of, in the bar barous and child-destroying days of antiquity. The burial ground of the infants "is to have nothing funereal about it, but all that is cheerful and agreeable." It is to be " a colonnade closed and genially warmed in the winter, fresh in summer, verdant always, yet not expensive in exotics ; not too distant for the daily disport of all classes, yet silencing vulgarity, by an amiable and religious formality. Let this be the infant's paradise !" says the author, and every mother who has her new-born infant taken' from her by the ser vants of the Corn-laws, to be placed in this paradise after the process of painless extinction is completed, is " to be considered as enlarging and embellish ing it." Such are the horrible schemes which men are driven to imagine and to propagate in this Christian country in the nineteenth century, because the selfish landlords—including, let it never be forgotten, all the Bishops, and supported by the great body of the clergy—have, by the Devil's laws, limited the supply of food. The command of GOD is, increase and multiply, and we defy every in quirer or observer to point out any physical fact which has accompanied that great moral and mental improvement in the human race called civiliza tion, except the fact that the species has multiplied and spread over the earth. The command of the landlords is, do not increase, and we will take care you shall not, by stopping the growth of food. GOD and the landlords, then, backed by the priesthood, are at open hostility. Daily almost do we read with horror of individuals practically carrying out the Corn laws to their legitimate consequence, and depriving infants of life. These and more astounding horrors shall we yet live to witness, if the Legislature con tinue, and the people submit to be governed by the Devil's laws. But our hope is, and now it begins to be brighter than ever, that all classes will unite to get rid of laws which give rise to such horrible imagin ings, and are so clearly and directly the parents of real and recommended infanticide. After an unusually long abstinence, which, what ever else it may have done, does not seem to have much improved their temper, the Conservatives are beginning to find their dinner appetites again. To use a gastronomical phrase, they " are picking up." On Thursday last they dined three hundred strong at Bed ford, as we find duly recorded in the Times of yester clay, which devotes not less than two columns to a report of the speeches—a serious visitation, for which our Contemporary's readers will feel far from grateful. The dinner in question was a duller and more common place affair than usual, being attended by not less than a score of parsons, who, generally speaking, are by no means remarkable for sprightliness or eloquence ; and on this particular occasion, seem to have discharged on the heads of their drowsy audience, as though out of sheer malice, the accumulated dulness of months. Where all were equally tame and prosy, it might appear invi dious to make distinctions ; we cannot, however, refrain from singling out the speech of the Rev. E. J. LOCK WOOD, as being, in our humble opinion, more deserving of the cap and bells than any spoken during the even ing—which is no slight praise, seeing how strenuous was the competition for the palm, among the ghostly squad. The Rev. Gentleman after much preliminary twaddle, observed that " the present aspect of public affairs, as far as religion was concerned, was, to say the least of it, so critical as to justify, nay to demand, the united and most zealous exertions of all who were reli giously disposed." Mr. LocKwooD is here guilty of a little perversion of fact—of an ingenious begging of the question—such as men are in the habit of having recourse to, when they feel that they have a rotten cause to maintain. The present " aspect of public affairs" is by no means 4. critical," as far -as " religion is concerned ;" it is " critical" only as re spects the pluralities, the sinecures, and the other crying abuses of the Church. Religion has nothing at all to do with the question. It is purely a matter of pounds, shillings, and pence. In a word, it is nut the Church of God, but the Church of Mammon, that is critically situated ; and God speed the hour, say we, when that Church shall be treated strictly ac cording to her deserts ! We refer our readers to another part of our Paper for a Report of the proceedings at the last Meeting of the City of London Corporation Reform Society. The object of this Society is highly praiseworthy. It is to effect that Reform in the constitution of the City of London, which the circumstances of the times and the interests of the citizens require, and which has in fact, been sanctioned by the Common Council itself, That body has of late shown a desire to back out of its Resolutions in favour of Corporation Reform. Its ardour in the cause is not only abated, but, we fear, cooled down to the freezing point, and as no internal movement towards a change for the better is to be ex pected from it, things must remain in their present un satisfactory state, unless improvement be forced on by a " pressure from without." This necessary element of reform the new Society proposes to supply, and from the numbers and respectability of its members, as well as from the vigour and perseverance which it dis plays in its proceedings, we are warranted in antici pating a beneficial result. The Society has wisely judged that the first step to wards a new and better state of Corporation Govern ment, is to expose to public view the great and mani fold abuses which are the consequence of the present system. Among these the wasteful expenditure of the City funds is one of the.most glaring, and we are glad to see that the attentioriobf the Society has been parti cularly directed to this important point. In the report to which we have alluded there will be found ample proof of extravagance, such as no man who had just notions of moral rectitude, or any thing like a feeling of responsibility could have been guilty of. But the fact is that irresponsibility lies at the bottom of all the mischief. This is the deprecated source of the evils under which the citizens of London groan, and they must set shoulder to shoulder to get rid of it. Were the City Parliament elected by the great body of the citizens, as it ought to be, instead of an insignificant portion of the civic community, as it is, should we see the Common Councilmen acting as if they had no interests but their own to consult ? Should we see them as we now do—to their shame be it spoken— actually pocketing the funds of which they have been appointed the guardians ? No. Such scandalous con duct would no more be heard of. If a sense of shame did not operate, a fear of consequences would supply its place. The attention of our readers, particularly in manu facturing districts, will be naturally directed to the text of a commercial treaty between France and Bel gium, which will be found in our columns of this day. Based on the broad principle of mutual reciprocity, and not clogged with restrictive clauses, limiting the interna tional traffic in what monopolists would term "the staple commodities" of either country, this treaty is admirably calculated to promote the growth of a spirit of com mercial enterprise among the Belgians unknown to that people since the extinction of the far-famed Os tend East India Company. The prophecies of our ablest political economists, are in the course of rapid fulfilment. The English Corn-laws have compelled the B e lgians to protect themselve s by the establish ment o f maiidavtnres ; and unless measures are speedily taken to relieve our trAde from the trammels t now affect at every step—but m ore especially by h the Corn monopoly —we s a k e the lof saddiscovery that English t l t l seo total oa make ab°l ti° ma nufacturers cannot successfully compete with those of Belgium in any Continental Market. For this our manufacturers will have to thank the dunder. heads who so faithfully represent the Corn Mono polists in the House of Commons. Had Belgium a profitable market for her fleeces and her wheat, her population would never dream of exchanging the crook and the plough for the spinning-jenny, the loom, and the forge. However, "to make the best of a bad market," our Government ought not to lose an in stant in ratifying treaties with France and Belgium on, as nearly as possible, the same conditions as the one just concluded between these Powers. The nearer we can approach this great principle of Free Trade with all nations, the more effectually shall we protect British interests. The peace, the prosperity, the moral and intellectual improvement of the world, are all ad vanced by whatever advances free commercial inter course. We point attention to the grounds on which Lord Chief Justice DENMAN yesterday granted a rule to show cause why a criminal information should not be filed against four Magistrates of the county of Berks. The application for a rule in the Court of Queen's Bench was made by Counsel, on behalf of a labour. ing man, who claimed a right to cut fern and under wood on the uninclosed parts of a wood belonging to St. John's College, Oxford. In the Bail Court, too, it will be seen that Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE granted a rule to quash the conviction of the Berkshire Magistrates. The inquiry set on foot by one of the Guardians of the Kensington Union, into the medical treatment of the lunatics confined in the female poor-house of the Union at Chelsea, was closed on Thursday last, after a long discussion, by a vote of the Board of Guardians, negativing the charge of neglect brought against the medical officer of the Union. This ac quittal was carried by the casting vote of the Chair man. Whether it will be satisfactory to the public is a diffetent question. The following is the depoition of CHARLOTTE SURRIDGE, the nurse who has the charge of the insane ward, given on oath : " I was until Saturday, the 10th instant, nurse in the insane ward. On Saturday, the 3d instant, Mr. Ryder visited the insane ward ; I complained to him that the medical officer had not vi-ited that ward since the Sunday previous. I have had the care of in sane persons for twenty years. I have on a variety of occasions discovered that opening medicines were neces sary for the patients. I have informed Mr. Wilson, the medical officer, of the circumstance, and he has acknow ledged the necessity, and said that he would send the me dicine, but did not. During the whole of the time that I have been nurse in the insane ward, which is three months, the medical officer has not sent in any opening medicine to the patients. Dinah Hadden, one of the Patients, has six times been in that high state of fever which I have de scribed as boiling hot ; the medical officer has several time seen her in that state, and once assisted me in placing her in confinement. I have seen the necessity of her head being shaved, and cold lotions applied, and men tioned the circumstance to the medical officer. Dinah Had den has herself in toy hearing asked him to have it done, as she had had it done at Hanwell. I, on one occasion, went up to the master and matron with some aprons. Master said to me, Surridge, how is Dinah ?' I replied,' Very had indeed, Sir, and very obstri-perous.' Master said, She wants medi cine.' I replied, Yes, Sir, but she has none.' Dinah was very obstreperous, and master helped me to tie her up to the ringbolt twice, and the helper assisted me to do the same four times. Since the 3d inst , Mr. Harness, a friend of Mr. Wilso 's, has attended for him ; and on my mentioning the circumstance to him he immediately saw the necessty of sending in opening medicine, and sent it in accordingly. Some of the patients had not been relieved for a week. Since they have had the medicine I have observed an im provement in the general health of the patients. Three weeks ago the ward had not been visited by the medical officer for a fortnight. " CHARLOTTE SURRIDGE, her :4 mark. " Justice-room, Chelsea Workhouse, Nov. 13." Now, will it he believed, that though this woman was subjected, for two hours, to a cross-examination of the most rigid description, and though all the excu'patory evidence that could be mustered was brought forward, her testimony was not shaken in the smallest degree! It is utterly impossible that this matter should stop here. It is necessary to the vindication of the New Poor Law system that the Commissioners should interpose their authority, and the more so, as the Board of Guardians, immediately after the vote in question, passed a resolution, forbidding all access to the wo►khouse, unless by means of special permission previously obtained from them. The whole of the Paris Journals of Thursday have been received, from which copious extracts will be found in another part of The Sun. There were reports in town last night that the Inconstant, with Lord Durham, had been telegraphed off Portsmouth ; but as nothinc , further has been heard of the ship or of h's Lordship to-day—though the weather has not permitted the working of the telegraph—they are believed to be incorrect. M.P. FOIIKIRKCUDBRIGHT.—The death of the Judge-Advo ca t e , R o b er t C ut l ar F ergusson , Esq., occasions a vacancy in th e re p resen t at i on o f th e Stewartry of Kirk cudbright. We believe we may say that Mr. Murray, of Broughton, is in the field for the empty seat. A hint in the Dumfries C o u r i er o f ye s t er d a y l ea ds us to believe that no less a person than Mr. Carrick Moore is to be his anta gonist. Our readers may remember that this gentleman's sacrifice of the reputation of his brother, Sir John Moore, on the altar of his own servile prejudices called down upon him an excoriating flagellation by Colonel Napier, in the pages of the Edinburgh Review. The ap palling termination of this just denunciation yet t i ngles in our ears—" Cain, Cain, where is thy brother?" The Tories have a nice taste in the selection of candidates. They prefer them as epicures pref e r game, somewhat tainted —with a haul gout. The better day the better deed : a correspondent of the Dumfries Times informs us that the Earl of Selkirk and Major M'Donald selected Sunday to drive to Mr. Moore's and " pop the question to him."— Glasgow Argus. THE MURDER OF ELIZA GRIMWOOD.—A COT r?spondttnt of a Morning Paper sa)s, that recently some circumstances have transpired which throw new light upon the murder of this unfortuna e young woman. KNy. , the officer of the Marlborough -street police office, has, in con sequence, proceeded to America in the Great IVe..stern,in search of the man William Hubbard, who, it appears, emi grated shortly a ft er th e c h arge. o f mur d er aga i ns t hi m was dismissed by the Magistrates at Union-hall. Yesterday morning between eight and nine o'clock, a fatal accident occurre d to a l i ttle girl of five years of !ige e the it d o i n t - u s g t h r t e c e, daughter Nnirlesr.s Town. Whee It don,a appears laundress, that fi d r i during g kr in Char , the absence of the mother, th e unfortunate child endea voured o tot. thelift c a hi s m m c a ey small drewsaucep t a h n e c o and her dress was enveloped in flam es . H er person was so dreadfully burnt that she expired in l ess t h an hour after the accident. hffild,s the frock , twh trehedinesui the draught On Sunday morning, when one of the carters em ployed at the sugar refinery of Messrs. Macfie, in a s s S a u u iptr but t g him to Bogle street,hay- went to the hay-stack at the b ac k o f t h e work to take in some fodder for his horse, he found a man name d Stewart lying beside the stack, with his head severe l y cut , savageinjured. at the same time very much astonished to find hi m within the w a lls be and ee n one the of victim his ms legs of somem much which the place is surrounded, he lifted him u p, and hay not proceeded very far, when he perceived a bag filled witd sugar at the side of the wall, near which was a great quanh tity of blood. On the other side of the wall were two more bags of sugar, and it appears that Stewart, when in the act of removing the third, had fallen to the ground and removed so much injury that he was unable to proceed far ther than the haystack, where he lay down, and but for the opportune arrival of the carter would undoubtedly have been frozen to death. He was removed with his booty to the police office, and afterwards transferred to the infir mary to have his wounds attended to. Stewart had for merly been in the employment of Messrs. Macfie for about ten years, and was consequently well acquainted with the premises which he invaded in this lawless ruan „,.,_. Greenock Advertiser. GAME.77-The grouse shootings have been generally good this season, and even at present from five to ten braces are easily obtained per diem. Partridges have been gcarf3e, atui hi Or extensive pheasant preserves throughout the counts Of P 441 1) 14r41Y l'ird is to be see n . H ares are also ;Try deficient ; mod a gentleman laforats us that in a spot whero at the same tithe Y. , st 60460 n lie eas ily killed fifty-six, he has this year only got six. The Duke of Buccleuch has given up the deer forest of Athol—a step by which his Grace will save, h ye, ..,etween rent and keepers, about 2,0001. per annum 7 .. Lord Glenly-on it - i tends keeping this noble forest in his own hands in future. —lnverness Courier, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1838. LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.) DEAL, Nov. 23. —Wind NE. maderate.—Came down from the River and sailed the Pyranee-, Levexey, f Hobart Town ; Brothers, Drysdale, for Smyrna; Jane May, May, for St. Vincent's ; Peter Procter, Barlow, for Jamaica ; Me diator, Chaniplin, for New York. PORTSMOUTH, -Nov. 23.—Wind E. by N., fine.—Arrived the Stag, Prideaux, from Seville, for London, in twenty one days—on Sunday last, off the Lizard, spoke the schooner Vivacious, of Harwich, from Seville, for Lon don. The Excel, Read, Waterford for London, with a valuable cargo, ran on shore on Kemmeridge Ledge, near St. Albans, during e gale and thick hazy weather on the 21st inst., at 10. a.m., thumped very hard and the 5 ,, a broke over her, and it was feared the bottom would be knocked out At tl2. a m , her Majesty's ship Vulc.in a ent to her assistance, but did not succeed in gettihg her afloat till four boats and men were procured from the shore at 8, a.m., on the 22d inst. The said schooner was afterwards taken in tow by the Vulcan, and is now in the harbour leaky. Put back, the Phoenix, 1 - I , rtb, for Christiana. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 22 —Wind E S. E —Arrived the Solace, Barrett, from Denia ; Louisa, Elliot, from S ‘ville ; Rhodes, Matthews, fru m Mogach re ; Belle Antonia, Sarragose, from Malaga ; Vigilant, Morflen. from the South Seas ; Mena, from ; Prima Donna. Stu , well, from Demerara ; Aquila, Paris, from Denia ; Ellen, Pills from S •ville ; Prince G.-orge, F ster, from Montreal ; Queen Victoria, from iv Ba hurst ; Mcomg• Star, from Ceylon ; Sultan, Barron, from H imburgh. Sailed the Ganston, Jarvis, for Seville. FALmotrit, - Nov. 22. —Wind E. to E. S. E., moderate breezes and cloudy.—Arrived the Eliz ibeth, Cumming, from Lisb.4l—spoke the Jersey Tar, of Jersey, from Liverpool for Alexandria, on 16th inst , in lat. 45. 58 N., lon 12 45 W. Off port, the Peko, Gillis , from Manilla. Sailed the Caro line, Reed, for Santa Martha; Catherina Charlotte, Lilo, for Lisbon. LivEneom, Nov, 23.—Wind E., fresh.—No arrivals. Sailed the Is:ibella Dick, M'E.ay, for Nwies ; Ada, Gribou, for Trinidad ; Falcon, Mairs, for Nassau ; Camoens, Barnes, for Oprto Gibson, for Boston ; Shakspeare, Ander son, for New Orkiiiis ; Thomas Miller, Hutchinson, for Per nambuco ; Thomas, Scollay, for Trieste. STANGATE CREEK, Nov. 23.—Arrived the Index, Gill, from Patr4s. CHATHAM, Nov 23.—Arrived the Eleanor, Clark, Riga. PENZANCE, N )v. 22.—Arrived off port the Henrietta, Sher ris, from Seville. CROOKHAVEN. Nov. 22.—Arrived Julia. Nicholls, London. HOLYHEAD, Nov. 22.—Arrived the Brannus, Zanelun, from Charente. YOUGHAL, Nov. 22.—Arrived the Eliza, M'Carthy, from London; John arid Mary, Shannoek, from London. PENTLAND FRITH, Nov. 22.—Arrived the Scotia, Mearns, from Riga. SHIELDS, Nov. 22.—Arrived Andrew Watson, from Riga. MONEY AND COMMERCIAL NEWS. CITY (THIS DAY), URI, GTE t r (7. CK. LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET OF YESTERDAY. —The trans actions of the week arc again exceedingly large, and a further improvement of per cent. has tal.en place in the price of common to fair qualities of American, and A to 4 on Surat, but more particularly on the middle and better qualities of the latter. In Brazil, and other long staple, the late advance is fully established, and very extreme prices are now obtainable. Whilst one individual concern. and the largest importers this year from the States, continue: to posess such a powerful influence on the market (having under its controul a very great proportion of the stock of American in first hands), we cannot expect otherwise than our present rates will be main t .fined. Speculators have taken 1,000 hales of American, 2,000 Surat. 700 Pernams, 200 Bahia. The sales today amount !O 7,000 bales of all kinds. No communication from the telegraph. Arrivals this morning—French mail, ship letters from Cey lon, May 26, and Mauritius July 9. By the above arrival we have received a Mauritius Price Current of June e 6. Exchange on Lond,n, Government bilis, thirty days' sight, 3 to 34- per Cont. premium; Mauritius Bank Bills, 90 days, none ; Private Bills, 9 days 1 per Cent. prem., scarce ; Pri vate Bills, 6 months' sight, at par; on France, 90 days' sight, 1 per Cent prem. Exports of Sugar from Sept. 12, 1837, to June 25, 1838, 74,125,4821b5. TILE FUNDS. The north-easterly wind; have again prevented us from re ceiving any arrivals from the United States. The report which prevailed, late yesterday afternoon, of the arrival of the Earl of Durham appears to be incorrect. The two packets, of the Bth from New York, are not now ex pected until Monday ; even the letters by the Garrick have not as )et been received The merchants ccrap'ain greatly of the captain not having la,,ded the lag of letters with the pas,engers in Ireland ; much inconvenience is experienced by this neglect. Consuls, which closed yesterday at 94, both for Money and the Ac count, opened at the same price this morning ; and for January Account, 94i ; scarce a bargain doing as yet. The Foreign Exchanges were steady yesterday, but had a downward ap pe4rthee. . _ Money continuci in abundance, bit)) for c ,, mmercial affairs and on the St,(l: Exchange for good bills. Exchequer Bills 66 68; Lclia .13Jiids 62 64; B ink Stock 2034 ; India Stock 262 263. In the Foreign Market Spanish Active very heavy, and re ceded to 16i I owing to their coming lower from Paris; Portuguese 31f ; Three per Cents 20+ 1, Breziliau 784. 4 ; Colombian higher, 251 ; Dutch Two-and-a. Half per Cents. 544 ; Five per Cents 100 1 PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Bank Sto k 203% India Stock - 3 per Cent. Red......... -.914 % Si, I Ditto Bonds 3 per Cent. Cons. 94' 4 Sow!) Sea Stock - 3:., per Cent - Old Annuities - Ditto Red, 1003% New Ditto - New .i% per Cent .. 101% 2 3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751... - New 5 per Cent. Bank Long Annuities toexpire i Ditto. 5 0 Jan. 5, 1860 l4 15-16 1 Ditto Small Sii 68 pin Oct. 10, 1859 14 13-16 Ditto Commercial pm. Jan. 5, I•=6 1 Jan. 5,18 S . - Bank Stock for Account ...... - April 5, 1880 - India Stock for Account ...... - Jan. 5, 11370 - Conso's for Account 94 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds I Peruvian Bonds , - Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account - i Ditto Accoun• Buenos Ayres Bonds - - Ditto Account - Ditto Account - Chilian Bonds - 1 ) ttoAccount - Columbian Bonds 3 Ditto Account - Ditto Account - Ditto Metallic - Columbian Bonds, 1824 25%k Spanish Bonds - Ditto Account 25%'% ' Ditto Account Danish Bonds - Ditto Bonds, 1834 - Ditto Account -I Ditto Account. Greek Bonds. - , French, 5 per cent. -f. -c. Ditto Bonds, 1825 -. : - 4 per cent. Ditto Account _ -- 3 per cent. Mexican Bonds, 5 per Cen,..., -' - Exchange ... Ditto Account - ! Dutch, 2 ,, : 2 per cent. Ditto, 0 per Cent. ' Ditto Account , Ditto Account' 2.1% I Ditto, 5 per cent MO NA Neapolitan - 1 Ditto Account - PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK __ Paid. Per Shane Bntish Iron Company Eastern Counties itailway l ,/ STf, Great Western Railw a y Company ... ••••••• .. • 65 783 b Uondoia and Croydon Railway Company 2O 163 South Eastern and Dover Railway Company 9 4 1 % colonial Bank General Steam Navigation Company COURSE OF EXCHANGE YESTERDAY. Amsterdam C.F. 12 5i , iibrAitar 4F 'itto, at sight Rqstrdam 2 U. 12 • 5'..", Genoa 25 95 Antwerp... Hamburg. M.B. 13 11% Venice .6 Airona,..—. Paris, :t digs' sie:t 25 60 Paltrmo.. ......... ..........per oz. 117 Ditto... .... .............. 3Me25 85 Lisbon ....... 52 , ti Marseilles Bourdoaux Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 14% Bahia 27 Petersbuigh, ruble 3 Us. 10 11 Buenos Ayres Berlin Vienna, effective 21 2M.10 11 Philadelphia 46 Trieste ditto lO 12 PRICE OF BULLION, r'l 1t O 1 Madrid lf.% Portugal Gold, coin ...C.O 0 0 Cadiz._ ..... lboa New Doubloons ......... fi .ftelon2 3 New Dollars _ . 'l5 Silver. bars. standard 4 1 1 ; HALF-PAST ONE. The business, both in the British and Foreign Markets, has b ee n very languid during the whole of the morning, and without a feature worth noticing. The Government B .oker we hear, has only purchased a trifling sum for the Savings' Banks, since the early part of the morning. Consols may be quoted a shade better, improved from 94 to 94k, and at present may be quoted rather lower, 94, both for Account and Moaey ; Exchequer Bills, 66 68 prem. ; India Bonds, 64 ; India Stock, nothing done; 'lank Stock, 203 k. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Active better than in the morning, 17 tot, with coupons; in Portuguese nothing done; Mexican, 23-; Colombian, 25a K ; Brazilian, 781; Dutch Two.and-a- fialf per Cents, 54k ; Five per Cents. 1001 In Shares very little doing. Great Western, 134 prem. ; Colonial Bank, 2i. prem. THREE O'CLOCK, Consols for The Aceount, 94i ACCIDENT AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE. —'Mr. Russell, the stage-manager, states that the paragraph some of our Contemporaries gave relative to the accident that occurred on Thursday evening to Messrs. Williams and Gilbert "is incorrect. The fact is, that a slight accident occurred unattended with any material injury, and the per formance of the Ballet will be forthwith resumed." Yesterday the police received information of the following daring highway robbery :—On the evening of the 15th inst., as Mr. W. Simmons, of Bourn Mall, near Fern ham, was proceeding on foot along the road home, he was stopped within half a mile of Farnham by four men, who plundered him of a v a lu a bl e s il ver hunting watch, together w i t h a go ld chain, seal, and koy, with which they got clear off. A reward has been offered for their apprehension, An inquest was held last night on the body of the boy Wildman, said to have been stabbed a few mornings since by one of the miserable outcasts belonging to wh a t wasonce called th 9 Bo* 4uxiiiary Legion. 'The jury after hear ing a. vast mass of evidence, requested the coroner to ad, journ the inquiry, and it was adjourned until Tuesday next. The Court of Queen's Bench have just established the po;,pt, that an apothecary l in dekilt.,,f;,.n eipyo22 agr"e• Merit, that he shall'not charge for aetunda n C e' Is oittitred to a reasonable compensation for hi s trouble and advice, above what may be due to him for medicines supplied. CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) -~,.- TAYLOR V. SALMON.-JUDGMENT The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment this morning in this case, which came before his Lordship upon appeal from the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, decreeing the specific performance of a contract. Mr. Taylor, the plaintiff, as the agent of Lord Dunnally, entered into a con tract with the defendant, Salmon, who acted as the agent of a mining company, for the working of certain slate and lead mines in the county of Tipperary ; circumstances oc curred, which induced the defendant to refuse to perform the contract, and the bill was filed to compel him to do so. Upon the case coming before the Vice-Chancellor, he de creed the specific performance, and against that judgment the present appeal was brotuht. His Lordship thought the decision below correct, and dismissed the appeal with costs. JUDGMENT.-HOLE V. ESCOTT. The Loan CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, the question in which wss whether a power of ap• pointment had been extinguished in consequence of the bankruptcy of a party. The Master of the Rolls, upon the case coming before him, considered the power impe rative, and from that judgment the parties appealed. His Lordship was of opinion the power was, and dismissed the bill without costs . JUDGMENT.-WALFORD V. MARCHANT. The LORD CHANCELLOR also gave judgment in this case, which came bufore the Court, upon exceptions to the Master's Report, finding that an arinuity.was valid. His Lordship was of opinion that the Master had come to a right conclusion,andordered the exceptions to be overruled. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) THE RIVER DON V. THE NORTH RAILWAY COMPANY. The ornaments on this part-heard case were resumed to-dny. The case came before the Court upon motion for an injunction to restrain the defendants from crossing the canal of the plaintiffs by means of a bridge, on the ground that the traffic on the canal would be materially lessened thereby. His HONOUR could not see the great mischief that was threatened by the proceedings of the defendants, and refused to grant the injunction. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Court this day took petitions, but was occupied the whole of the morning with those that were unopposed. ANDREWS V. SHARPE. Mr. TEED stated that this was the petition of the sur viving plaintiff, Susannah Andrews, praying to have the fund in Court placed to her account. Under the will of William Andrews 5,0001. Stock was given to Thomas Baker Andrews, and the testator directed one moiety of the dividends should be paid to the mother of T. B. An drews during his minority, and the other moiety for his maintenance. The bill was filed to have the legacy se cured. The executors having admitted assets, the 5,0001. was paid into Court. A reference was then made to the Master to approve of a guardian for the infant plain tiff. The Master approved of the mother as a proper guardian, and the Master's report having been confirmed, it was ordered that out of the fund in Court the costs should be taxed and paid. The costs, amounting to 1441., had been taxed and pail accord ingly. The infant plaintiff, who had nearly attained 21, had died of consumption, and his mother was his adminis tratrix. The Learned Counsel produced the requisite evi dence of the death, and the certificate of burial. The order was made accordingly. HORNE V. FRANCIS. This was an opposed petition. The question raised on the petition was whether it was fit and proper the suit should be continued on behalf of infants. QUEEN'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) (Sittings in Banco.) THE QUEEN V. THE JUSTICES OF ST. ALBANS, HERTFORDSHIRE. In this case a rule had been obtained by Mr. RYLAND, calling upon the Justices of St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, to show cause why a mandamus should not issue, directed to them, and commanding them to enter continuances, and hear a certain appeal, in which the parish of Watford was appellant, and. the Rev Mr. Cassel, the Vicar, respondent. Mr. WORDSWORTH now appeared to show cause against the rule. The case turned upon the construction of the Parochial As , tessrnent Act (6th and 7th William IV., chap. 96). Under that Act the Vicar appealed to the Justices at Petty Sessions, against a rate for the parish of Watford, made on the sth June, 1838 ; that appeal was heard on the 24th July following, and the Justices, after baring it, reduced the sum at which the Rev. Mr. Capel was rated from 5401. to 4261. The parish appealed from that decision to the Justices at Quarter Sessions, and the Justices declined to hear the appeal, on the ground that the recognizances required by the Act had not been perfected. By the 6th section of the Act the appellants were required to give fourteen days' notice, and within fire days afterwards to enter into recognizances to prosecute the appeal. When the case came on before the Quarter Sessions, the notice was called for and produced, and then the re cognizances, appeared not to have heed signed by the Magistrate before whom they purported to have been entered. The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to con tend that the informality to which he had referred, was fatal to the appeal—that the Justices were right in refusing to entertain it, and consequently the rule ought to be discharged. The COURT, after conferring together, decided that the rule ought to be made absolute. The recognizances were an undertaking by the party to prosecute the appeal, and that having been given, any subsequent neglect of the Magistate or his Clerk, ought not to bar the right of the party.—Rule absolute. • BOROUGH OF EXETER.-THE QUEEN V. M`DOWALL, ESQ The ATTORNEY-GENERAL had been instructed to apply to their Lordships for a rule to shoW cause why an infor mation in the nature of a quo warranto should not be filed against Mr. G. M'Duwall, calling upon him to show by what authority he exercised the offices of Mayor and Alder man of the borough of Exeter. By the Municipal Cor poration Act, it was provided that there should be four quar terly meetings of the Mayor and Alderman, and at one of these on the 9th' Nov. at twelve o'clock, at noon, the first business done was to be the election of Mayor ; at any sub sequent period of the proceedings it was provided that six Aldermen were to be elected in the room of six of the twelve Aldermen, who went out by rotation. It appeared that on the 9th Nov., 1838, the Mayor and Aldermen met at ten o'clock in the forenoon instead of twelve, and then elected six Aldermen, who, at the subsequent meeting at twelve o'clock, were thus enabled to vote at the election of Mayor, which was manifestly illegal, the six retiring Aldermen not being allowed to attend. One of the Al dermen so chosen in the morning was elected Mayor. The Learned Counsel was proceeding to show, from the provi sions of the Act, that the entire proceeding was contrary to its spirit and meaning, when The - COURT said—Take a rule. TAYLOR V. THE MANCHESTER RAILWAY COMPANY. In this case a rule had bden obtained for setting aside an award made some time ago, and the Court; after hearing the arguments of Sir F. Pollock, decided that the rule must be discharged. At half-past twelve.thelarand Jury' appeared in 'Conit, and were disaharged. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) APPLICATION TO STRIKE AN ATTORNEY OFF THE ROLLS. Mr. MARTIN was instructed by the Manchester Law Association to move for a rule calling upon John Hall and Samuel Grantham Anderton, to show cause, the former why he should not be struck from the Rolls, and the latter why he should not be imprisoned for one year. He had a great number of of fidlvits setting forth the conduct of these parties. From the affid•►vit of a person named Townsend, it appeared that a few years ago, Anderton commenced practising in Manchester, in the name of her husband ; and it also appeared that on the death of Mr. Townsend, he procured the name of the defendant Hall, in whose name he had since practised. In this case there was no further malpractice except the issuing of process. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—Have yOu more than one case? Mr. MARTIN said there were a great number of instances, but they were principally in the Common Pleas at Lancaster. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE—This Court has nothing to do with that. Mr. MARTIN had one case where process was issued out of this Court. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said, if there was only one case, it might perhaps be easily explained away, and the Court would look very narrowly into the circumstances. If there were so many cases at Lancaster, it would be better to make the application there. Mr. M ARTIN had affidmits as to the general practice of the parties. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE said, the affidavits ought to be confined to what had taken place in tliis Court. ne would rather not interfere in the matter, but wou ld l eave Mr. Martin to make his application in the other Court. COMMON PLEAS.—(THIS DA,yo FECTOR V. BEACON. Sergeant WILLIE showed cause rlainst a ftlio w h y judg went should not be entered in thiz case, on the Speaker's warrant - for the costs ip the Maidstone Election Petition. The amours at these costs was 6251. The defendant, havirt.; been one of the netirioners agni c o tha return of kr. Fector for the hor n ; h c k f e, which petition was yoied by the, Coauritttee " friv o l ous an d vexatious," be became liable tor the tqlef a it.: .• recover them. The Act of Parliament enacted that ,be Speaker's certificate should have the same effect as a iv " rant to con Lea judgment. The rued Sergeant was proceeding when we OP' f t press. HATTON-GARDEN.—(THIS DA l ' ) IMPORTANT TO LL - CA SE DECISION.--A ge nd ean_ the named James Rose, was summ o ne d a t the instance ° f w Commissioners of the turnpike trust, at H o rnsey-gat e ' t h i t refusing to p a y th e usua l st i pen d w h en pass ing througi . ` bar. The reasons alleged by the defendant for his re it' were, that by an Act passed in the reign of his late Maj es o George IV. (the year 1822), all persons who did 11 ' 4 P er over a greater space of the road than 100 yards weref bi 9 empt from toll ; t h e p r o o f s th e gen tl eman afforded ° ,b e r being entitled t o e xem p t i on un d er thi s c l a use, were ra- t be complicated, and required a map, for its illustration ; t ° . o o Magistrate, it may be thus expl a ined— a parisliroad Wolof the turnpike way cl o se to Horn se y- ga t e ; beyond the is the comm o n, a n d M r . R ose h av i n g come co otdoge this road, consid e red himself en titl e d t o pass into th e . 0 mon free of charge ; the distance between the terra of the two points being less than 100 yards. bi a The Commissioners demurred to thi s conclusion, 0 " bf an opinion from Sir Frederick Pollock, which was, thatto, an Act passed in the same reign, chapter 16, sectioa_.4 all persons were bound to pay toll, for the act o f Pej ; through such gates, bars, &c., and no exception was Pr ° '..a and that though these separate Acts might appear to P— each other, yet the last (passed in 1828) was final. dis t After having read this opinion, the Bench decided Sts , Mr. Rose should pay a penalty of 2s. 6d., and the c ir , e s , amounting in all to las. 10d., which was paid to 1 36 ,-7,, the toll-collector, who appeared o u th e part of the v" missioners. case The Office-Clerk suggested to the Bench that in . - o ' Ll la Mr. Rose might wish to appeal from this de c ision be now be enabled to do so, as the fine was under 40s. j o The Magistrates consulted the defendant as to h is ; at to appeal, but he seemed quite satisfied with the p rey result, and to go no farther. THE MARKETS.-(THIS Dia') COVENT-GARDEN. The supplies of such vegetables as are in season Wer e r i ro iti to-day again, and the demand lively. The top:Pric ed Of maintain their former value. Turnips are particular l f s ietet dant. Plants, per dozen, 3s. 6d. t o 4 s . ; Onions, P er ii per 2s. 6d. to 3s. ; Carrots, per dozen, 4s. to 55.; Br oe° bundle, Is. 3d. to 23. ; Turnips, per bundle, 2d. t° ,,. pe r Oranges, per 100, 6s. to Bs. 'fop price of Lemons , g I c a.* 100 ; Apples, per bushel, 4s. to 7s. ; Cabbages, Pe r Is. to ls. 6d. ; Potatoes, per bushel, 3s. to 3s. 6d. • , HUNGERFORD MARKET. There were much the usual supplies t o -d a y at marke t it L t d the average business transacted. Fish we quote m0 011 _, 0 4 00 8 been all the week. Butchers' Meat-V ea l h as a dvanee°,l,lo in price, Bd. to 9}d. per lb. ; Beef, 71d. t o 8 . 1 d• ; j"" as 7d. to 81d. ; Pork, 71d to 81d. p er lb. I n Vegetablerel, thing fresh, and former prices rule- w h ere t h es e are 3 they are higher. NE\S GATE AND LEADENHALL. t t he Meat to-day of all kinds was in very good supPlY , 1 ,0;e 4 ' demand was clogged by the weather. Prices must be ISO' lower than on Wednesday. Beef, 2s Bd. to 35. Bd. ; ftortf ton, 2s. Bd. to 3s. 101 ; Veal, 3s. Bd. to 4s. O. A ; CO! 3s. Bd. to 4s. lod. ; Irish, 3s. to 3 s . 6d. P ou ltry an in great supply, and trade dull ; p r i ces were a ll 1 011 , e,. Or' this day week. The following are the quotations npiel;* and not per couple or per pair. Fowl., 2s. to 2s. 65 1 ;,, 6 3 ; 2s. ; Leverets, Is. 6d. to 2 s . 6d. ; G eese, 4 s . to ° - '41.; Chickens, is 3d. to is. 9d. ; Pheasants, 2s. 6d. to 39 ,4beff Wigeons, 9d. to Is. ; Turkeys, 4 s . t o 10s, Eggiare • per 120, they are 6s. to 7s. 6d. HAY MARKETS. tb° 0 15 s The supplies were good to-day generally, and , s°,„ ao ; demand. Hay, 70s. to 108 s. Clover, 85s. to ;;'''. 1235. ; Straw, 325. to 38s. p er load. TALLOW MARKET. TO ° But little passing in P. Y. C., an d t h e pr i ce i s b•• m - e • Tallow is 625. 6d. $ll5 BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE COLONIAL MA R 5 A DURING THE WEEK. la s OS Our daily reports hav e s h own t h at a f a i r b us iness done for the season of the year. The total quantity 0 ' is th e sold is 3 000 hhds. and trs. W e quote no var iatto o ., prices of Sugar, C o ff ee , T ea , R um, Ri ce, C oco a, SPI'; digo, or Cotton, from those of last week. The boe„ r ottlir exports have been light, a n d th e d e li ver i es f or home e t/ tion to a fair extent. F or next wee k t h ere i s n ot muc h " ness advertised. MANCHESTER —FRIDA Y EVENING' 4 1lle of Tux COTTON TR A D E . — Th e i mprovement i n the ' lv be!, grey cloth, which was noticed last week, h as not on' a Ja i maintained, but since Tuesday such bas been the d er f t n ec er ', goods, that a further advance since that day, on alalftkiv desciiption of printing cloth, has taken place. S t ti 7,,, not been known to be so low for, many years. f l go ji mestic cloth, however, is not dearer. Printing cloth ,° .. e e o quality, has advanced 15 per cent. during the last ;eic e and is likely to go sill higher. There continues t O . tha t by every packet from America, large orders for gook,aro, ar e . , our general trade i s , on th e w h o l e, most hea l t hy. Ea', still very dull sale; though large purchases are man e o C",f India Account, but little doing by the merchants fort o pcii°'' tinent, and though cotton is again higher no corresP advice can be realized. A L THE ONLY DAU GHTER —E DITED BY THOR OF " THE SUBALTERN."—A work of fiction, 'v t o ci; is appended the popular name of Mr. Gle.g, 01°, 13 4 marked interest and attention from that citcurastri o ehryf But we understand that the g‘ Only Daughter ti pal,a o features of intrinsic interest which bespeak for it l eo ptic e d degree of public favour and curiosity. Though it igl os/ 11 , r d production of an extremely youthful writer, We a re litir that it gives promise of a most ample futurity e " t hose is, fame ;at th e same t i me that it realises one 0' 00001 lightful fictio ns i n th at popular class, the dontest' r i t ers o f which hav e h ereto f ore on l y been achieved sc s large exp er i ence i n t h e world, and lengt h e ned its ways. , • " B c 0 1 EXTRAORDINARY SUICIDE IN D- - 0-° ,er Saturday night one of the most extraordinary ops a i r prehensible acts of self-destruction that has perkwig come within our notice occurred under the f.°l,l°, ooh cumstances :—At ten o'clock on the above 04 ,,"i hi, ib° gent! , man, named Henry Curtis, accompa a " op eo& 1 5, friends, named Quenton end Ludlow, having pbaP' for evening at the Theatre Royal, entered the oYst e r s s pke e e rl, Trinity-street, and ca ll e d f or supper. Mr. 0114 0 . 1 0 0 0 k ,f of a bottle of soda water ; it was i n th e ac t of b° l 7 ( ROI when he leaned his head towards the table as 1 1 r fl e? , fatigued. His companions did not take Per ticti k a t the circumstance, but at the same moment tu t ' pist°, 6 " at water bottle was uncorked the explosion of a can't& heard, and in an instant Mr. Curtis fell a lifeless r esOr o f the foot of the table. Medical aid was Pr°l l ,, l lol )lB ,priti r to, but in vain—all had been over in scarcely esPi moment. Deceased was of extremely hands ° , lll abn, ti 01 and prepossessing manners. He appeared to u e f o rtar for or 27 years old. He enjoyed an indepolident tetr a 300/. per annum, and no visible cause whateve r i e rve ll ot ios the perpetration of the horrible aet. The g. e : b lest Ao were sitting with him at-table bad not the sh= , " droP of his frightful determination until they saw h ' least bee dead. Ile was perfectly tuber at the time, a t n j ba d o p hi as regarded the influence of spirituous liquorsle wesP o s 11 , previously dead( aas usual at the theatre. rl e ffec I f bei°° which they purpose was carried in t° a ble ° .ov er pocket pistol, so exceedingly small as to be caP e a l atel ) s3 o concealed in the hand. The ball entered im m B d, P: 5 10 11 , the right eye, carried off a portion of the brow:A. P4O , through the brain, lodged in the back of the the 0;0 0 and a coach were procured by a friend, an d , e ssd,rog* were immediately removed to the residence P a ' s ,,,; / . rash destroyer in the neighbourhood of 5 : - :ela n i . there to await a coroner's in quest.—Dublin sid - 0 n g 1 1.1 ,40 1 !, PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM — t o f 11, CP/ TO THOMAS CLARkSON, ESQ.—In the Coln., Pie% Council on Thursday, after the discussion et % t ot 7 60 1 Police Bill, Sheriff Wood gave notice of a 11 ',. :0 in 1 . 9 01 1 ' following effect That the freedom of this m c a ' s ' Clar' cs' box, wain° ten guineas, be presented to Th ° f . t hc C O O O l A.M., as a small but grateful testimonial °f of°°.oo tion of London to the public services and wor conso biti r had the merit of originating, and has the tro9,l l° ft :" living to witness the triumph of the great 5 mo st °•dlir deliverance of the enslaved African froth them afllictaeotiPc; sive bondage that ever tried the endurance 0 hig h . cip le manity, thereby obtaining for his country throat erri; tion of separating her commercial greatness.' of o clar incompatible with the exercise of the rel!g'" ba ll e, and achieving a moral victory, whose troPhle ss e at: ad' while justice, freedom, the clemency of 'L a in i " I u peaceful glories of civilisation shall have a P"' miration of mankind." The Municipal List of Voters for the b e ° , l r° t, s ti ll g o P i l a s e ; Manchester is now 2,000 less than the Parham untie gister. This seems strange, seeing that every v has a vot e , 'rho 0 1° th e of f IRREGULARITY OF THE MAILG.- --- o pe 0 tra os°3ls tif (11, complaint of the Shrewsbury Chronicle is ° nil s l°ll many met with every day relative to the r esuit ch lettera and Newsp.ipPrs, Speaking from oests do ri o individual experience we think there_ a _ . ` nd i r ref ecto e .,e management in some quarters. The delay o y f a mo re l e r o f f l i jo now experienced is much g rester „ o ;n one fi e occurrence than formerly. The visits, r ' d f ar betwe e° 'irreg Dublin Pap,rs have become few an Chronicle states that " the mail has arrived aa opo tb to II; larly since the Birmingham Railroad ,w wr itten , stated that the Postmaster-General has -.otepant),; Secretary of the Grand Junetion Railway il, the cio lifj c• plaining of the inconvenience to !vh an d r e c . c ams been expos,ed by the delay of the mail-tra; area t " insuring the Company to take steps for ~_a